Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: download libreoffice

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:47 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions <
webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:

> On 02/23/2011 10:09 AM, Jeff Chimene wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>  wrote:
> >
> >  Le 2011-02-23 09:00, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> > >  Now that Debian and Ubuntu have their repositories [ or at least the
> > > > next update/upgrade does ], there can be a "note" in the "your"
> > > > promotion of LibreOffice being shown in the next version and repository
> > > > for Debian and Ubuntu. I wonder if the RPM versions of Linux are
> > > > "listed" with LibreOffice in their repositories. Since I use Ubuntu
> > > > 10.10, I do not use .rpm files.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  .rpm's work fine on Mandriva's latest version. Haven't seen any
> > > complaints
> > > from any other .rpm based Linux versions.
> > >
> > > Ubuntu and Debian seem to be the one's where most people express
> > > concerns.
> > > But, most of what I have seen is that you had to do a clean install,
> > > although lately, some people have been installer over their last version
> > > with success.
> > >
> > >  Agreed. I expect that once LibO moves to Debian Testing from Sid, I'll
> > uninstall and reinstall. Currently, the DEBs install into /opt. The update
> > script works fine.
> >
> > We'll get the most leverage once the DEBS move to Testing.
> >
> > I'll be interested to see how LIbO has been Debianized.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > jec
> >
> >  Do you mean what Debian and Ubuntu does to LibreOffice to make it a part
> of their registry?


I took a quick glance at the package listing in Debian Sid. It looks like
they're going to include a lot of goodies that will make a nice toolchain
for writers.


>  I hope they do a good job


It looks like there's some housekeeping that needs doing to make the raw
package fit into the Debian standard file locations. To be honest, I was a
bit more concerned about branding issues (like FireFox, TBird issues).
Certainly including the optional bits will make it a nice starting point for
us (marketing) and downstream distros.


> but I use LibreOffice's web site .deb version on my desktop and I do hope
> it does not get messed up when it goes to registry.


Right. However, it does mean that you're responsible for handling the
updates (but you knew that). I seriously doubt you will want the version
installed via the LibO web site in parallel with the version from the
repository. I'm guessing that your current version's binaries are in /opt.
When you load it from the repository, the binaries will be in /usr/bin.

I'm really of two minds on this. There is some software (Eclipse) that I
want the bleeding edge. It looks like LibO will also be of that class.

I will probably install LibO via Apt (from what I believe you refer to as
"The Registry") just to see how it looks. However, since I will want to
track release candidates, I won't use the repository for this package.

Cheers,
jec

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